Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-20
TIE GERMS OF DISEASE
LURKING m The GU17ERs AND.
~ RUTS OF CITY STREETS. lG,<

1bUG. Nru. -~.. .itf y. - H. hu -uti a.f.
Minsm Engendercd by the Suns Rays.
Poison lsrcnthed by the children Of
the ruor-Whnt IL Physician Says Of
Dirty Streets. -..
"If one member is sick" writes st. Paul,
"the whole body sufferch." Arstocratic and
high toned quarters cannot insure themselves
from the fatal consequences attending an EN-
vironnlent Of filth and sIualor, OF otfal and
garbage. LuxuriouSly appointed parl"rs,
plate glass windows and long prayers viii not
bring an immunity to typhoid pneumonia,
dipllhcria, cercbro-spinal meningitis, typhu>
fever, A.iatir cholera or the Russian plague
When rcekng ccsSpools surround one on
every side it is vain thing for even the
rightly righteous to cxrlnin, Soul, take
thine raSo.' Ten righteous men might have
saved SoIom from the fire and birthstone
visitation, but two clean avenues and few
well swept streets will not secure II like I'M
muni;y from the miasn engenlrred by the
sun, rays from the all lervaain. filth. Tn"
germs Of disease lurk in every gutter, hide III
every street mdden Even when the tons OF
garbage is removed the ruts and joints OF th"
pavement will l~ saturated with putrrsrrnt
organic mire. which will yield constant
supply of npxious IniaSna.
In hot and dry weather these nau>ratinS
deposits pass into the atmosphere in the form
OF deadly vnp"rs and lrthnl organisms, which
not only poison our lungs hut sow the seeds
Of disease and death. Any one VIII" will care
fully observ" the ground when III" pavement
is removed for nny purpose will perceive IA
hlnck LAYER Of earth saturated with sulphur
cited hydrogen, which lTarS eloquent witness
to the infection Of the s,lb-soil ly the >"ahagc
OF thcsc regularly recurring winter c"ntani-
nations. r.. d. rfe '5.t - .#..
vArORs FROM THE CUTTERS
VaporS, still more noxious, Of course, than
those from, the roai:hr, ri~. from the gut
tors, the sub soil OF which is imprr.nat.~l
with til" most deadly organic poison. And
ovw th,~4. cutters thousands ef the Children
OF the poor play during the summer and III
halo tho minsm into their tender lungs. The
Consequences nre recorded in every years
mortality report. Eighty l~r cent "f the
infant of New York city live III
t,sle,nrnt houses. and according to the report
OF tho state board of charities, onrlnlf OF
them do not survive their second birthday.
An .kicrly medical gentleman, in romver-
sati,nl with thu writer recently, rrnarkrd:
"Diphtberia. typhoid pneumonia and lyrhus
fever are diseases Of comparatively recent
development in New York. They nrc the
direct rr>ult nf dirty streets and nl"un'linE
filth. Wien began practice in New York
after attending tn" hospitals in lari. nu"
London. ten years paS"d-aye, more than
ten years without my seeing n case Of fever.
Except the imported ship f"vrr thor" were n'
fever ca>,A, of any kind in this then h",th,'
city One day N'. Gri>c"rn n>t"nsh'l the
profession 10y inviting them I" call and sss,
four cases OF this character III tn" Now York
hospital, on Broadway, then under his super
intcnlrnrc. Today thcs" nr" tn" principal
Diseases md the most fatal diseases til" lnar
tiring phys riai, has to combat b. I. Vail IL
tine in Herald Of Health.